Co-create NEB — for local communities and public authorities to build sustainable, beautiful, and inclusive public space

The EIT Community invites applicants to develop and submit applications aligned with the New European Bauhaus initiative (hereinafter NEB) focused on developing long-term solutions in collaboration with citizens to deliver transformation that matches the needs and demands of a wider community.

The overall purpose of this Co-Create NEB Call for Proposals is to demonstrate new solutions to boost the transformation of cities, rural and peri-urban areas by bringing individuals and communities closer to nature, building a sense of belonging, addressing the needs of territories and communities that needed specific attention, and transforming value chains and life of materials towards circularity.

Who can apply?

This Call for Proposals is open to legal entities (private or public, KIC partners or not) established in Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU), and/or in Third Countries associated to Horizon Europe.  

Applications must be a consortia of a minimum of 2 partners and a maximum of 4 partners.  One of these partners must be a city, region or an affiliated entity to a city or region located in an EU Member State or a Third Country associated to Horizon Europe.  At least 2 of the partners must be independent from each other. One partner has to be presented as the Lead Partner.

Applications from RIS countries are encouraged to participate. 

For further eligibility information, please check Chapter 2.2 of the Call document.

Supported activities: The grant will award products and services (including rapid prototypes) and/or the co-design of public realm and commons, adressing at least one of the EIT Community NEB Challenges based on the four thematic axes of the New European Bauhaus:

• Reconnecting with nature
• Regaining a sense of belonging
• Prioritising the places and people that need it the most
• The need for long-term, life-cycle thinking in the industrial ecosystem

All submitted proposals are expected to co-create, build sustainable, beautiful and inclusive public space in alignment with NEB.   In terms of public realm development strategy, the projects must comply with at least one of the expected outcome targets: 

• Outcome A: Improved quality of a defined public space by implementing the NEB approach.  The proposal must have a clear explanation of how and at what level the project contributes to achieve the selected NEB challenge, including a realistic and achievable plan.
• Outcome B: Improved quality of public space by complementing local policy/strategy whilst implementing NEB approach. The proposal must have a clear explanation of how and at what level the project contributes to achieve the selected local strategic plan/documents’ targets, including a realistic and achievable plan. The project must provide clear evidence of implementing the NEB approach.

An application must address at least one of the EIT Community NEB Challenges mentioned in Section 3.3; for further information on outputs and impacts, including examples of specific types of activities, please carefully read Section 3.4 of the Call Manual document.

EIT funding allocation: The funding rate is 75% up to €45.000 for each project, leaving the remaining 25% to be co-funded by the applicant. Overall, 8 selected projects (ideally a minimum of 1 proposal per EIT Community NEB Challenge) can be implemented in six regions/cities located in the European Union Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries from February 2024 to December 2024.